ShipWrekt And Whisky
@fouthtimelucky.bsky.social
A Maritime Podcast With Whisky, And Occasionally Rum, Reviews
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So, select port and starboard Tynes, let go head rope, let go stern rope, both telegraphs slow ahead and join us for season two here, on Apple, Spotify, YouTube and Patreon! /6
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November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So, select port and starboard Tynes, let go head rope, let go stern rope, both telegraphs slow ahead and join us for season two here, on Apple, Spotify, YouTube and Patreon! /6
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There will also be an interview with Keith, a Coventry survivor, and this is of course part of our mission statement to document the memories of naval veterans.
So, a busy season beckons with a special guest appearance in December kicking off our segment on command leadership. /5
So, a busy season beckons with a special guest appearance in December kicking off our segment on command leadership. /5
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November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
There will also be an interview with Keith, a Coventry survivor, and this is of course part of our mission statement to document the memories of naval veterans.
So, a busy season beckons with a special guest appearance in December kicking off our segment on command leadership. /5
So, a busy season beckons with a special guest appearance in December kicking off our segment on command leadership. /5
Falcons, Darts And Wolves is now live on Patreon, with @hopfifi and @Latin doing an aviation aspect analysis of the Battle For San Carlos. It’s a great primer for the release of Thunderbolt Of Zeus-the loss of HMS Coventry later this week. /4
November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Falcons, Darts And Wolves is now live on Patreon, with @hopfifi and @Latin doing an aviation aspect analysis of the Battle For San Carlos. It’s a great primer for the release of Thunderbolt Of Zeus-the loss of HMS Coventry later this week. /4
Big episodes will of course remain free to listen! And that starts on the 20th. But as a Patreon Shipmate, youll get access to lots of additional goodies. More episodes, video, wines, spirits and cigar reviews, exclusive interviews and breaking maritime news segments /3
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November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Big episodes will of course remain free to listen! And that starts on the 20th. But as a Patreon Shipmate, youll get access to lots of additional goodies. More episodes, video, wines, spirits and cigar reviews, exclusive interviews and breaking maritime news segments /3
Now we want to switch things up a bit. Season one, our producer Scoot has been self funding editing gear. But we want to get you even better content so we have decided to start a Patreon page to fund better sound equipment and software as we move towards things like video /2
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November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Now we want to switch things up a bit. Season one, our producer Scoot has been self funding editing gear. But we want to get you even better content so we have decided to start a Patreon page to fund better sound equipment and software as we move towards things like video /2
Life Underway
Podcast Episode · ShipWrekt · 08/07/2024 · 2h 58m
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November 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
So, if you think you are a people person? A week down a thirty six man mess would break you. Parties were epic. Thank God there wasn’t SM back in the day! Camaraderie off the scale. Saints and sinners, legends and leg ends. Spit kids and Red Death.
It was gulch life /fin
It was gulch life /fin
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November 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
So, if you think you are a people person? A week down a thirty six man mess would break you. Parties were epic. Thank God there wasn’t SM back in the day! Camaraderie off the scale. Saints and sinners, legends and leg ends. Spit kids and Red Death.
It was gulch life /fin
It was gulch life /fin
Ahhh, wtf is that? A flimsy partition separating bunks in gulches, with a three inch gap at the top for ventilation. You do NOT want to wake up to the sound of an elbow banging the board as your neighbour cranks one out in company with Miss Love Sock /13
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November 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Ahhh, wtf is that? A flimsy partition separating bunks in gulches, with a three inch gap at the top for ventilation. You do NOT want to wake up to the sound of an elbow banging the board as your neighbour cranks one out in company with Miss Love Sock /13
Never use someone’s bunk as a ladder to get into the top pit. There’s a handle in the deck head. I don’t want your gopping trotters coming through my bunk curtains thanks. If you’re on a stumpy 42, you’ll need that roll bar trust me. And beware of the ‘buggery board’ /12
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November 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Never use someone’s bunk as a ladder to get into the top pit. There’s a handle in the deck head. I don’t want your gopping trotters coming through my bunk curtains thanks. If you’re on a stumpy 42, you’ll need that roll bar trust me. And beware of the ‘buggery board’ /12
For evening rounds, all lights up and bunks squared away and secured. However, HMS Illustrious, being rather civilised, allowed watchkeepers to be turned in (asleep) for evening rounds if they had a sign up at entrance to the gulch. Very sensible policy appreciated by all /11
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
For evening rounds, all lights up and bunks squared away and secured. However, HMS Illustrious, being rather civilised, allowed watchkeepers to be turned in (asleep) for evening rounds if they had a sign up at entrance to the gulch. Very sensible policy appreciated by all /11
No steaming boots in the mess square unless at action stations or about to go to action stations. Boots stowed in a wooden rack at the entrance to the mess square. No ovvies (overalls) on mess square seat covers, so roll them around knees or change into No8 trousers /10
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
No steaming boots in the mess square unless at action stations or about to go to action stations. Boots stowed in a wooden rack at the entrance to the mess square. No ovvies (overalls) on mess square seat covers, so roll them around knees or change into No8 trousers /10
The gulch was sacred territory. If you were drunk, but made it to the gulch, you were on hallowed ground and Mr Permanent Marker and Mrs Clippers couldn’t visit you. But in the mess square (the Big Bedroom) you were in the greatest peril.
Never fall asleep in the big bedroom/9
Never fall asleep in the big bedroom/9
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The gulch was sacred territory. If you were drunk, but made it to the gulch, you were on hallowed ground and Mr Permanent Marker and Mrs Clippers couldn’t visit you. But in the mess square (the Big Bedroom) you were in the greatest peril.
Never fall asleep in the big bedroom/9
Never fall asleep in the big bedroom/9
No repeat no lights in the gulch were to be switched on when you went down a mess to ‘do shakes’ (wake up oncoming watches). You used a torch, and consulted the ‘mess plan’ to ensure you shook the right sailors (“wrong pit you fucking gimp, he’s above me”) /8
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
No repeat no lights in the gulch were to be switched on when you went down a mess to ‘do shakes’ (wake up oncoming watches). You used a torch, and consulted the ‘mess plan’ to ensure you shook the right sailors (“wrong pit you fucking gimp, he’s above me”) /8
The gulch lights were fitted so there could be red light only, and it was normal for at least one or two to be in this state at lunchtime as well as at night. After all, everyone loves a siesta and an hour in it, is worth two hours on it! /7
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The gulch lights were fitted so there could be red light only, and it was normal for at least one or two to be in this state at lunchtime as well as at night. After all, everyone loves a siesta and an hour in it, is worth two hours on it! /7
Lots of lads however had their own duvet covers (had to be flame proof) and I had a Thomas The Tank Engine and Star Wars set, Baz had Take That and Jan Spice Girls. Obs on BOST or any high intensity ops, issue bedding only /6
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November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Lots of lads however had their own duvet covers (had to be flame proof) and I had a Thomas The Tank Engine and Star Wars set, Baz had Take That and Jan Spice Girls. Obs on BOST or any high intensity ops, issue bedding only /6
Issue bunk curtains were flimsy, so if you were posh, you’d have your own made up (not to be left out during rounds) but on Illustrious I recall getting decent thick ones. The duvets rolled out early 1990s (replacing sleeping bags) were good tbf /5
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November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Issue bunk curtains were flimsy, so if you were posh, you’d have your own made up (not to be left out during rounds) but on Illustrious I recall getting decent thick ones. The duvets rolled out early 1990s (replacing sleeping bags) were good tbf /5
Each bunk had its own curtains. Mattresses on T42 destroyers on middle and top pits rested on rubber lattice straps. Bad news if the occupant above you swamped his pit, as the drip drip of warm piss was sure to wake you up🤦♂️And if he was fat, you’d watch the mattress descend /4
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Each bunk had its own curtains. Mattresses on T42 destroyers on middle and top pits rested on rubber lattice straps. Bad news if the occupant above you swamped his pit, as the drip drip of warm piss was sure to wake you up🤦♂️And if he was fat, you’d watch the mattress descend /4
Most of the bunks however were down small alleyways leading off from the mess square. There would be a curtain at the entrance and probably a further curtain halfway down, for a modicum of privacy and to keep light out /3
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Most of the bunks however were down small alleyways leading off from the mess square. There would be a curtain at the entrance and probably a further curtain halfway down, for a modicum of privacy and to keep light out /3
Not so long ago the mess square, a social area with its seating, tv and bar area / beer fridge, would often also have ‘mess square pits’ or bunks. You can imagine trying to sleep whilst twenty blokes talked, watch telly, smoked and drank beer. Luckily those days are gone /2
November 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Not so long ago the mess square, a social area with its seating, tv and bar area / beer fridge, would often also have ‘mess square pits’ or bunks. You can imagine trying to sleep whilst twenty blokes talked, watch telly, smoked and drank beer. Luckily those days are gone /2
No.
It’s because we have reasonable concerns the strikes are illegal.
It’s because we have reasonable concerns the strikes are illegal.
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
No.
It’s because we have reasonable concerns the strikes are illegal.
It’s because we have reasonable concerns the strikes are illegal.